Join the new Section on Dispute Resolution of the New York State Bar Association!

The New York State Bar Association has launched a new section on dispute resolution. Membership is FREE to any New York State Bar Association Member. If you are interested in joining email drs@nysba.org for immediate membership and participation. If you aren't a member of the NYSBA, it's only $10 for law students to join and comes with many other benefits! Visit www.nysba.org for more information.

Update from NYSBA DRS Committee Meeting

To Dispute Resolution Section Members:

As discussed at last Thursday’s meeting of the DRS Executive Committee, below are links to the report and appendices of the IP Law Section's Proposal. The proposal, in sum, is to create legislation and rules providing parties seeking to prosecute a patent with the right to compel arbitration, in lieu of district court review, of a PTO adverse determination. You may read them at www.nysba.org/IPproposal and www.nysba.org/IPappendices

Many thanks and best regards.

Simeon

Simeon Baum, Chair

Dispute Resolution Section

Go to www.nysba.org to see upcoming events,
access section publications, blogs and much more.

Upcoming ABA teleconference on Mediation

On October 14th, the ABA is sponsoring a teleconference and webcast on the findings of a task force on mediation. This will be an interesting and valuable presentation.
More information is available here.

Writing Competition: Conflict Prevention & Resolution Awards

Do you enjoy writing? Do you like solving problems, sometimes even before they start? If so, you should enter the 2008 International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Writing Competition.

It features a category dedicated to law student entries and the law school's Writing Center is happy to assist you prepare your submission and make the deadline which is Oct. 31. You can get additional details about it here.

Internal Competition Information

Many thanks to all those who showed up for DRS Orientation on Wednesday afternoon. If you have any questions that you didn't get to ask, feel free to post a comment here or on our google group site.


We have posted a sign-up sheet for the Internal Competition on the google group site: here. Please sign yourself up. If you have a teammate, please sign him or her up as well. If you don't, that is not a problem. We will pair any singles when we distribute the Internal Competition problem.

ABA Competition Opportunity

The St. John's Dispute Resolution Society participated in last year's ABA Representation In Mediation Competition. The competition was held at Roger Williams Law School in Rhode Island. We had a great time with our hosts, learned a lot about what the judges expected and were able to earn a second place finish. We look forward to entering the competition again this year. I will be posting more information on this year's competition as the deadline to apply approaches.

The NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section's First Meeting is coming up

Save the date: Thursday November 13, 2008 -- Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City

The Dispute Resolution Section's First Fall Meeting and CLE Program -- Exploring Established Techniques, Challenges, and New Directions in Arbitration and Mediation